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Finance minister Enoch Godongwana speaks during a pre-budget media briefing on Wednesday.Image: GCIS

Godongwana makes R426m available for state capture criminal cases

A senior National Treasury official has described the conduct of the Guptas and other companies who looted public funds as “treason” and says the government will stop at nothing to ensure their imprisonment. National Treasury deputy…

Military veterans outside former president Jacob Zuma’s homestead in Nkandla on Thursday. Members of the MKMVA are expected to stand guard at the home from Sunday, according to the organisation’s spokesperson Carl Niehaus.Picture: Sandile Ndlovu

MK vets head to Nkandla to do what is ‘necessary’ to prevent Zuma’s arrest

uMkhonto weSizwe military veterans said they are ready to do their “level best” to protect former president Jacob Zuma from being arrested. The members of the MK Military Veterans Association (MKMVA) are expected to arrive in Nkandla from…

DA leader John Steenhuisen says South Africans need to know what President Cyril Ramaphosa’s role was in the capture of the state, and where he stands on the policy today. File photo.Image: WERNER HILLS

IN QUOTES | From vaccines to Zuma & Ramaphosa: DA’s John Steenhuisen on ‘true state of the nation’

DA leader John Steenhuisen says there is no good or bad faction in the ANC, but rather South Africans have been misled to believe there are two factions in the ANC and the “good” one is righting the wrongs of the “bad” one. Steenhuisen…

Former SAA chair Dudu Myeni was allegedly also running Eskom through a back door. File photoImage: ESA ALEXANDER/THE TIMES

Former SAA board chair Dudu Myeni ‘ran Eskom’ from Jacob Zuma’s house

The state capture inquiry on Tuesday heard how controversial former SAA board chair Dudu Myeni knew intimate details about the inner workings of Eskom, and suggested solutions to fix the power utility despite not being in its employ. This…

In a gazette published on Tuesday, President Cyril Ramaphosa effected a change which potentially opens greater chances of prosecution related to testimonies at the state capture inquiry.Image: GCIS

Police can now access state capture inquiry evidence as Ramaphosa changes the rules

Evidence and testimony presented at the state capture inquiry can now be accessed by law-enforcement agencies. In a gazette published on Tuesday, President Cyril Ramaphosa effected the change, which potentially opens greater chances of…

Former Ipid head Robert McBride in a previous appearance in the commission. /Masi Losi

Robert McBride not ready for Zondo inquiry

Former Independent Police Investigation Directorate (Ipid) head Robert McBride yesterday failed to appear before the commission of inquiry into state capture to be cross-examined by former police minister Nathi Nhleko’s legal…

The state capture inquiry is expected to resume in the next few weeks, deputy chief justice Raymond Zondo said on Wednesday.Image: Alaister Russell

State capture hearings to resume at end of June or early July

NOMAHLUBI JORDAAN Deputy chief justice Raymond Zondo anticipates that the inquiry into state capture will resume in the next three to four weeks. “There are still things that need to be sorted out. It’s not clear to us if witnesses can…

Zuma to appear before state capture inquiry in July

Former president Jacob Zuma‚ who has until now refused to answer specific questions on alleged state capture during his time in office‚ has agreed to make himself available to the Zondo commission of inquiry. Zuma said he would “attend”…

October 25, 2017. EFF leaving the National Assembly during the medium-term budget speech of the Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba at parliament in Cape Town . PICTURE: ESA ALEXANDER/THE TIMES

Why South Africans and the world do not believe Gigaba

By Justice Malala State capture Malema’s party won’t let us forget what finance minister has done to our economy Last Wednesday the EFF once again protested loudly and walked out of parliament. They said that Malusi Gigaba, President…

FBI probe damning, says Cyril

BY NEO GOBA Presidential hopeful Cyril Ramaphosa has called on authorities to fast-track investigations into state capture. Speaking at the Cadres Assembly in Mahikeng, North West, on Sunday, Ramaphosa urged state institutions not be…

It is going to be a busy week in courts for President Jacob Zuma as he goes head to head with the Democratic Alliance in separate cases that will be heard in the Pretoria High Court and in the Supreme Court of Appeal.Picture FILE

Zuma goes head to head with the DA in court this week

By Nomahlubi Jordaan It is going to be a busy week in courts for President Jacob Zuma as he goes head to head with the Democratic Alliance in separate cases that will be heard in the Pretoria High Court and in the Supreme Court of Appeal.…

Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa. Picture: SIYABULELA DUDA

State entities have been captured‚ says Ramaphosa

By Jan Borman Deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa came out guns blazing on Sunday against state capture at a cadres’ assembly in the Northern Cape. As the race for the leadership of the African National Congress hots up and amid allegations…

Gupta emails lead to charges being opened against Pamensky

By Kyle Cowan Charges of corruption and abuse of his position at Eskom have been laid against Mark Pamensky‚ a former board member of the electricity utility‚ after leaked Gupta emails over his alleged role in state capture. Pamensky was…

High noon for Zuma, Guptas

Journalists and other critics of state capture and corruption will not be cowed into silence At the end of May a ragtag group of about 20 people marched on the private home of SA Communist Party deputy secretary-general Solly Mapaila.…

Sassa, state capture and will Zuma go – MPs’ questions to the president

President Jacob Zuma will appear in the National Assembly on Thursday 22 June 2017 for a scheduled appearance to answer questions posed to him by parliamentarians. Here is the question paper: Rev K R J Meshoe (ACDP) to ask the President…